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Meg Whitman to Step Down as HPE CEO

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184 points praneshp | 3 comments | 21 Nov 17 21:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.612s | source
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rmason ◴[21 Nov 17 22:14 UTC] No.15752105[source]▶
If I remember correctly she said at her last HPE earnings call, "I am not going anywhere". She also stated she had much more work to do at HPE.

Now that was in response to Uber's courtship but this was so sudden you have to wonder what prompted it?

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briankelly ◴[21 Nov 17 22:26 UTC] No.15752206[source]▶
It's really not all that sudden. HPE appointed Neri as president back in June. From https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/hpe-appoints-first-... :

The move positions Neri to become HPE’s next CEO, CRN reports.

“This clearly lines up Neri to be the next in line to take the reins of HPE, there is no question about it,” Bob Venero, CEO Future Tech told CRN. “This looks like it is Whitman staying true to her statement that the next CEO of HPE would be born and bred in the HPE family.”

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1. shostack ◴[22 Nov 17 00:41 UTC] No.15753164[source]▶
I've always been curious how those sorts of internal conversations go at that level at companies that size. Anyone have any insights to share?
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2. randoramax ◴[22 Nov 17 07:05 UTC] No.15754905[source]▶
Read Jack Welch's autobiography, very informative on the subject of internal car and successions
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3. alexpotato ◴[22 Nov 17 13:05 UTC] No.15756431[source]▶
I've always been curious about this as well so thanks for the suggestion.